Colin Whitworth presented research they did on the intersection of queer and Southern identities through performance and narrative on March 18 in Godsey Science Center. Whitworth specifically discussed their own regional identity as a member of the LBGTQ community born, raised and currently living in the South.
Ceazia Wright ‘27 and Micah Scott ‘27 won the runoff election for the 2026-27 Student Government Association presidential and vice presidential seats on Tuesday evening. The announcement, made in the Connell Student Center at 5:00 p.m., elicited cheers as SGA President Alisha Mitchell '26 unveiled the banner.
Students filled Cruz Plaza with blankets and chairs as Bearstock started around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 and came to an end at 7:30 p.m. The annual concert, put on by QuadWorks, featured three separate student acts and professional band Hot Chelle Rae and Decatur-born and Grammy-nominated artist B.o.B.
Macon-Bibb county and Mercer's Macon campus were placed under a tornado warning at 7:53 a.m. Monday morning, the second such weather alert in less than five days. Shelter-in-place orders were given via text to the Mercer Law School at 8:02 a.m.
Bearstock returns to Cruz Plaza Saturday at 1 p.m., and QuadWorks advisor Adrienne Latham says this year’s six-and-a-half-hour event—headlined by B.o.B— will feel “different.”
The Student Government Association presidential election will head to a runoff election after none of the four tickets were able to secure more than 50% of the vote when polls closed at 5 p.m. on Thursday afternoon.Presidential candidate Thomas Lubben ‘27 and his vice president pick Weston Summers ...
Mercer's campus was placed under a tornado warning on Thursday morning at 6:46 a.m. Sirens could be heard on campus – and across Middle Georgia – as they warned residents to seek shelter immediately.
Mercer’s Student Government Association held its 2026 presidential debate Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Willet Auditorium, where about 60 students attended to hear from candidates running for SGA president and vice president.
Carly Lenhardt ‘26, a journalism student and Mercer beach volleyball player, has been building her photography business for seven years. The freelance photographer specializes in graduation photos every spring semester while balancing her craft with the responsibilities of being a student athlete.
BearSigns, Mercer’s sign language club, held a meeting to spotlight the history of Black American Sign Language during a painting activity on Wednesday. The presentation screened a report from ABC News, “Celebrating and preserving Black American Sign Language," which showcased and explained the history and preservation of BASL.
Eight senior art students will be showing off their work at the McEachern Art Center in downtown Macon for the department’s 2026 Senior Art Exhibition April 10-21.
Mercer’s chapter of the National Society for Black Women in Medicine hosted its first annual Miss NSBWM Pageant, crowning Kimora Williams ‘27 Sunday evening.
Chloe Paulk ‘26 started her first business, “Chloe’s Sweets,” selling baked goods when she was a 10-year-old saving up for a car once she turned 16. But what started as a side gig became a passion project that Paulk has carried throughout grade school and college.
MerServe, Mercer University’s student service organization, hosted its annual Hunger and Homelessness Week last week as the organization celebrates it tenth year of service on campus. MerServe was created by Margaret Rooyakkers '19, who is now the assistant director of service and civic engagement at Mercer, in 2015.
Macon’s historic Capitol Theatre — built as a bank in 1897, converted into a cinema house two years after the start of World War I and most recently operated as a performance venue — has changed hands once again. Mercer University has purchased the building on Second Street from the Moonhanger Group, a local restaurant and catering company owned by Wes Griffith.
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